Growing up way "TWO" Fast

Jacob recently turned TWO YEARS OLD and we threw him a Yo Gabba Gabba party last weekend (pictures to follow). He had a blast! Something I noticed about Jacob is that he doesn’t seem to enjoy parties in close quarters. When we attend a party at someone’s home, he is very agitated the whole time. Very clingy and whiney. But parties at the park – watch out now! This boy loves to wander around with no care in the world. Sometimes he’ll even stroll on over to some stranger’s party that might be going down near the one we’re attending and insist on riding the kids’ bikes/trikes. And when I try to tell him he can’t ride their stuff because we don’t know them, he is not afraid to show his displeasure in me (and that’s putting it lightly!)

Anyway, to keep the kiddos busy as we were preparing for the party, I baked little cakes for them to decorate. Check out my little man, helping me bake….

I ended up making a Brobee cake for Jacob to blow his candle out on. (The rest of the party partook in the Costco cake.)

The day after his party, we had some friends/siblings over to watch the Laker game and to try to help us consume the 20 lbs of carne asada meat that we had left-over from the party. (I’m not exaggerating about the 20 lbs either! We were unsuccessful at finishing it all so I had to freeze about half of it and gave the other half to my mother-in-law!)

At one point, I realize that I hadn’t seen Jacob for awhile. I go looking for him and there he is, in the bedroom playing with his sister and the rest of the kids. Later on, he’s outside playing with the kids. It hit me right then and there… Jacob is gaining his independence. He’s becoming less of my shadow (following me everywhere I go) and is less afraid of being away from me (“bye, mom, go to wok!”). I realized that I need to really savor this time of his life because he is the last of my babies. Pretty soon he won’t be jealous anymore when his daddy sits too close to me or puts his arms around me. He won’t be yelling for me from outside, “Moooooooom!! Swiiiiiiiiiiing!! Mooooooom!” His eyes won’t light up the way they always do when he sees me after a long day at work. He won’t be running up to me, so excited for me to pick him up and give him a kiss, looking at me with eyes that are full of love, touching my face with his little hands. Some days, when Jacob is extra whiney and extra clingy, I can’t help but think, “Jeez, I can’t wait until he’s older.” But, no, that isn’t true. I can wait a lifetime if he can just stay my baby forever.